BermondseyBoy

Johnny Green posted this on the old site.
"I was born at number 43 Mellick’s place on the 26,12.1932 at my nans house, they built part of Purbrook estate and we were moved with other people into the new flats we lived at 41 Purbrook estate. My nan and aunts were also moved into the flats and Mellicks place was demolished. when that, was finished we moved into a prefab at 112 abbey street were I lived until 1954 when I got married."
from Johnny green.

Mellicks Place

Mellicks Place was a small turning that ran between Sun Street now Pope street and Purbrook Street and was between Tower Bridge Road and Riley Street now Riley Road

Mellick's Place was built by my 3 x great uncle John Mellick (1788-1837), a fellmonger in Bermondsey Street. See images below.

John died aged 49 and his brother George (1796-1854), my 3 great grandfather, took over his fellmonger business. Around 1850 there was a cholera epidemic and George moved his family out into the country away from the disease and bad conditions. He stayed behind to look after the business and paid the price and died in 1854.

Hi melroy welcome to the site and thank you for the family information. Sad and hard times way back then. KIWI.